Language and Media
British newspapers and their political allegiance (1)
British daily newspapers can be categorized into Quality Papers and Tabloids
1. Quality papers
These are so called up-market papers which have the most wealthy and well-educated readerships (more than 50% of readers in the upper professional and managerial social grades). The quality papers carry the more serious news.
- Type: Daily newspaper (Sister paper: Sunday Telegraph)
- Format: Broadsheet
- Owner: Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay
- Editor: William Lewis
- Founded: 1820
- Political allegiance: Conservative/centre-right
- Circulation: 882,413 (in 2007)
- Type: Daily newspaper
- Format: Broadsheet
- Owner: Pearson PLC
- Editor: Lionel Barber
- Founded: 1888
- Political allegiance: Economic Liberalism/ Social Liberalism
- Circulation: 448,241 (international, in 2008), 133,665 (U.K., in 2008)
- Type: Daily newspaper
- Format: Berliner
- Owner: Guardian Media Group
- Editor: Alan Rusbridger
- Founded: 1821
- Political allegiance: Centre-left
- Circulation: 351,031 (in 2008)
- The Observer (Centre-Left)
- Compact Format
- The Independent (Liberal / Centre Left)
→ Also: The Independent on Sunday
- The Times (Centre Right)
→ Also: The Sunday Times
Go to 2. Tabloids